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Per refit 1;1.; 'Er • •fts , 'l* t c. . . r o • , 1 •- • : .- . • • 4 . , ` l . • '(ge e . -1 • .f ri t "• MR i t; • . It 838.] /1111 A SATURDAY. pc lit enc.'r •r f, Jot l4 ,;115, Too 0 :s, tC s fian 4c " o ri John Oafnl onta 4 I I i.k Cl iff .10 TOBER 331818 [PRICE SEVENPENCE ST. THOMAS'S and GUY'S HOSPITALS. i 114 R. ASTLEY COOPER and Mr. TRAVERS will cothmence their COURSE o f LECTURES on SU IGERY, on MONDAY, October the sth, at Eight o'Cluck in the Evening. INSOLVEtir DEB l'Olts' ACT. • , , goo' .totes Wit ic ht :1)0 11 )l3(' S a nioe , . 0 ,t , 0 , 1r _lto 1131 t: j,„1130 o ot, l 'our Juba po, ,1 1,• o sky , ' et, Ta: utes a'oLl lie" ing any part of it has been productive of the most serious calamities ; it is therefore important, that a timely check should be put to the growth of those numerous evils which will be found to arise chiefly from the . conduct of these Insolvent Agents colluding with the Debtor. Your Correspondent W. M-n, has argued with some ingenuity, to prove that Creditors are not sufferers by . the Insolvent Act to the entent that has been imagined, and he has intimated his apprehensions, that the Creditors are in most in stances indifferent to their real interest, and more disposed to gratify merciless resentment than to seek their just rights, thereby inferring, that they are deficient in humanity or the consideration of misfortune. FOR THE SUN. ESTATES, THIRTY TO SIXTY MILES FROM LONDQN. WANTED to invest from - 80 to 100.000/. in the immediate PURCHASE of LANDED PRO PERTY, well wooded and watered, in a good Sporting Coun try, with a Mansion and Manors.—Apply to Mr. Hoggart, 6-2, Old Broad-st:'ect, Royal Exchange. GLOBE INSURANCE, PALL-MALL AND CORNHILL. FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. ALL Persons, whose Insurances with this Com pany become due at Michaelmas next, are requested to tape Notice, that Receipts for the Renewal thereof are now ready for delivery at the Company's Offices, No. 80, Pall- Mall, and No. 5, Cornhill; and in the hands of their-respec tive Agents in the Country.—lnsurances due at Michaelmas must be paid on or before the 14th day of October, when the fifteen days allowed for the Renewal thereof will expire. The GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEETING of PRO PRIETORS will be held at the Company's Office in Cornhill, on THURSDAY, the 22d of October, at One o'Clock pre cisely. By Oyer of the Board, JOHN CHARLES DENHAM, Secretary. London, September 24, 1818. The shortest reply I can give to these observa tions, is offered in the words of that distinguished and bright luminary of the LaW,' who has so long and so ably presided in the Court of King's Bench, his words are these— " Where there is one merciless Creditor, there is one hundred dishonest Debtors." The profound learning and long experience of this dignified Nobleman, gives a consequence to his opinions, which must produce an impression that any remark of his amounts almost to irresisti ble conclusion, and the writer conceives that what falls from that Learned Lord justifies him in con sidering every word as a sentence, and every sen tence as a volume. oe in tile .)." for ~100/ poi; 9 1: 7 . 11l 1 tal e ROGERS'S IMPROVED FLANNELS. " Non Parcus in cedificando sed diligens in tuendo." ... These observations are the result of reflexion„ and I trust, through the medium of your attrac tive Paper, some benefit may result to the cons• munity from the suggestions of ra h eti1 5T67 "..." 1-HOUSE ALE ,LONDON, S e pt. 29, • M ajest y a (by Ord er of the Hon. the Commissioners of his Customs), on Monday the .sth, Wednesday the 7 th, Tuesday the 6th, Thursday the Bth ; and in the follow pirreett, on Wednesday the 140, Thursday the 15th, and Aft er of the 16th of October, 1818, at One o'Clock in the °on tr9°Pn precisely, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mine ' ""glane, THE following GOODS forEXPORTATION: fast India and other Foreign Prohibited Goods. ' l l ea FOR HOME CONSUMPTION. cl tac _; C° , fr ee., Cocoa, Chocolate, Pimento, Sugar, and other b Yt. rainarinds, Succades, Tapioca, ArroW Root, Ho -1.0?) W ax and Talli.v Candles, Shells, Di ugs, Copper Plates teiCalico Printing,Plate Glass, Skins, Tobacco, Snuff, Squir e:lu Linings, Books, Violins, Brandy, Rum, Geneva, tj 'ae a L 18) Whi "eY, Soy, Mangoes, Wine, Prepared Med"- ....,_ ' --,,11, C am b r i c, • Prints, Stained Pa- Tyr, •r i - . Musl i n, Pi ctures, W Mother o' Pearl Counters, Fans, Ivory and Ve t p i -4°llels• Watches, and other Jewellery, Wrought Sil- Tu I: 4 ' Rough Amethysts, Snuff Boxes, Trinkets, Deals, 4111 4 4 4 . !'„',. Mlb° g l k/iYi r Boats, Coping Stone, Fireworks, Coals, gurY'oth Ah_ . er Goods, as mentioned in the Catalogue. Vi,itteha %lateen Parcels of Snuff, having remained in the %se beYond the time limited by Law. k Ile r CLEAR OF ALL DUTIES. nee .... ° 1 Sto he Viewed at Grove Park, Watford ; the To rus: - 1 _ fl u Snuff inLotss33 to 604, at the Tobacco tiVre l.attrki:;'.andoil Docks the Firework - t Mangle's Magazine, tog % to t, , th e , - • sa • D ea.s, Timber, hlahogany, Boats, and Cop -I*her d!' at the Tobacco Ground,`ltotherhithe; and all the , t h the Z i : b tit the King's Warehouse, Custoin-House, o d w i e ld r . 1 1)1 1 e4-strevj4rd, and Lingham's Warehouses, L titl e le t c :,7 ls ,i" the first four Days will be on view oneTi i ll ti tli s e . ,t thr,e ba y s the 2d, Saturday the 3d, and th i o: th, il m o : s( !aY th e Y i e tt a ) Saturday the 10th, Monday ! e t O h ctob f er, and . 41 ; 1g te Three of tip,„ oppis bou g h t at thereena this Afternoon fruits len o I Clock in the Sale . roust be paid for at the Roer i.'e S4t: ir , e i s and Forfeitures Office, Custom-Hou s e, Deposits on or the 3lst of October, koLltalOgge, t%ill absolutely become forfetted. 1818, or the ‘`le. hi one had at the King's Warehouse, Price Shilling each. Cus tom- NR ------- --__________ ‘,. lII° wieti UNION FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE . . I-st-kr, tiLatiNhBURERS are re nested to takeN a o s t , ic ti e ie , - t h i s a c i,..; vy Ord f the BOARD of DIRECI9 410„ a l\ cs b . - bi Cl rttion is no t Nur (, 146,1ge-street s I .Blackfriari. p l :! ) , l s l t e n r s it Union, ate dtsier :fleet Fire or 'Life Policies with the Norwich .Ie t following transacted od_iug to 4gc lits, esn i t° a Pidy at the Office of either of Board t to receive Pu tiala wl 0 are alone authorised by the Receipts fur Payments 'ilts ac,ol_!or PoliCies. and to give legal Receipt his.:.Zt of Insurances in London : ' ) 14r &'„,tiACKET, 21, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. .4,`"ltr . r : "ki AN, 70 Baker -street, Portman -1:e te.oding to,make Payments will he •tt'.ll Letterotieroesintorenew. or other persons on o o f f .fic i ! , 7 - 1 k eetu rs s ; * a"e to pleased to pro be a ddr e e sAs e g d !nt a S snsual, to the Boar d Th e tz to. ki'. Sam. Bi..no ' Id, Secretary,Norniq API ii,°."og tXtraet fr( b na the Minutes o f the Bo . ard will ~t 4•pe- _reason of t his . notice :---* 144 the Ltet4teltd)er, 1818, the commun ication Secretary at -41: 441'.311 t4 " t ing of the Board of Directo a r t s i , o h n eld re o ce n iv t e h d e was g"t'seet .'''' c ommittee respeLtmg . '. A l t ! , ' . .ti . i n%toast co nsidered, and the following Resolution .144.3 g ~, r lois 110 a A Neilli,Vr• Ttionia;r4 feels compelled in n consequence of the tiribe.!.espresseo i)B, ignold, sen . , thatte in London, that I ; ls tu r re to i i n timate to the Secre Netihi..in Iro 0,1 .. , t ) . . t he C.omnnt_ *3ll,ed.w "d :pro s ' uc 1 is indispensibely .necetsistearyßotaordtb.deenio.s.it, fia t% 'in t,, Perity of. the. Institution ', . s b tain froin actini, 'Site in 14;`,.ihe should immediately ttik s ttch • 0., ''filee uf Secretary or ~ -% d e n t for r e c the as stinie„ ,e4seres can be taken o-I this su - 4i oonll r equir e s th oc e le cir y l "" " bchalt:of the Board of .Dire t c .. to c rt airman. JOHN CROW ~ ROYAL------......,.........___ N4AI, lint._ il nu, --"I'ITAL, CHELSEA, SEPT; 29 ' Mg ' I, t 6 . i s 'pr-,?llnce of the Act of the 55th year oi 0;i4,1.' 4 ' 0 4 4 sent ajesty, by which it is enacted that u th ar e . O cr u .y t : dn this Hospit shall in future be paid quarterly, t I ' et Of' l ead of li•ilf- earl Notice is hereby gis en? n b s .: -.4_, et flir t} ight H ' u Y • ble- Y' the Lords and others, Co Zith-111 he"' for tuano4ll;%:dAiraii it,o4-Pelisiorters thereof, residing -in London, q ir a e ' d to 4tibilit,,, vte..!)t)ills,ttrict of the Bills of Mortality ' a •*; of the said Hospital, that or 4i3 :e rtifi t. ',,,. ' I I Y and regirnentally, with their re lr r i e s . tr a uctions oht,tiospitars of Admission, at the Secretary'sOilice in the qtr `" a t 'Pa the respective days, and 111 their different ur, le4el :tit .( ling to their several Rates of Pension, . ~.e n 14xii loth iti'led; when attendance will be given . , fro o m n ' for 11:4)14:the Morning until Three in the.Alte. e 34th nf c:f., a Quarter of a Year's Pension ••• ii-reeinber next. Ili O n A • . .a la a 9 dva ' nce, it t , el'e,si IONDAI, the sth of October: ot 114 , ° kers at sd. per day and those at (id. to the end Hluered it eg i 'amts. • ' 111.414'5t at r tlb Pr TiEsDAY, the eth of October. th ir ), 41 ; from the Royal Garrison Battalion "et:4,7.e4r`eginients and Cei S • those at 7d. and ad. and all rY at Etd.iii. da:- 1' ) 1 On , • and re .. 4 ht h l bs t t . 0 1 EDNESD NY, the 7th of October. -4‘iti.11.,-licti.i.•Per day, from the Ist Foot Guards to the -.Ye • :tho, On 114 1114 ors ti„--e al . pd --,,,..75uAY, the Bth of October. li ky . ' l °' it i ' Pvr day, from the 61st Foot, and alt the rc lo 4 ."' 4 et -t464. i',ld Corps ; as also those at tod. per 0 41, , 5e m .isOn PRIIMY, the 9th of October.. 4 tritb • Per day, front the different Regiments of Ca ' "le Pet and 2d Regiments of Foot Guards. !s t l‘ th ill ae tiht)4 SATRDAY, the lOtli of October. - " e t iih,l, l '' - Pct da from the ad Foot Guards, to the end --..tred RegiYii:ents at that Rate. 4,...4,11;e at le/s.."O•MerONDA, Y, the 12th of October.. kt 1....0i1di1.e "Illaiiiinlyite.r,oillni . the Royal Garrison Battalion,.. se lit •,uay. Per• - , 6 1 tuts and Corps, and also Um lik. s ose at 43 , n TUESDAY, the lath of October. 's. Id. Is. lid. 'ls. 24. Is. 2id. and Is. SI per I 1 11 0 , On vvEr,„., 3 ; et ' l . t at 1 `'ANESDAY, the 14th of October. ..., 41 .1, 4,: , I t. 7:: ,3iti• IS. 4d. Is. •liii. Is. sd. Is. 54 .. d. Is. tin. 'Per do.'s• %id. I. Bd. Is.'Bbd. is. 9Cl* 4. 1 1; 4 . 04 T„,,, . and '''tle rs t ... 4 ' t is. I'In.,`_,•4SDAY, the 1 5th of October. "' 91 IlitN, h . wo o la, - su• per day itr,.• upwards, and those Pen tri., l ' ILI A ''e been admitted on account of Blindness. ib -° (44 er d ti t 1 4s t to t i lt ' anti directed, that all rho Out-Pensioners Ir l ' s e of ';"betio_ sald.Hospital do pay particular attentitin th t e o ltyy,ltt_ayenils: Which they are required to prailuc'ct at „ie tvtt Ao7.,rGer,eilulylii.9l they are ordered . to transmi on _ on, tt;.y (4"4'.l4tlrsast., t his Majesty's Land. inrces in L .. d th ' r eed 'll.tera Lller.ein prescribed, on or immediately after ,1,,r.,,,94 th, J., without which thri l l- Names will not be 4iittihtti ti ./ , t 44 ."•••IY-Lists fur the subsequent Quarter, and 1 1 1. d, 'll tl),.!l‘;al.ds to change their Place of Abode, as 5,11:1.',11,1 t'l.°,,titvi- hAtiau,its, 'without unavoidable necessity, 101141..rth,yt 4 1.: til t s,„ ne. . 1„,:l%,, l'o,,,tvitiK 1, 4 ,take Notice, that in consequence of carious .rft„ cr ii a l „ t I:'eti tinimittedb% P risioner s in the Receipt te t g' sh .I'ze-Nlurie .t is }e ordered that all Pensioners 44,, 41 1 b.. struck , I. . Q tileti t ' off hPe e stablishment nsion List, and forf e it ar isin g from t this E RlClLlitll NEAVE, Secretary. , e hich „ e re v - j, i t rle r „ ;be l p 0.• ' ll 3 " k r „ rCU t l,O, (11) rO C 01 01, 1 t)" 9 e' ‘l'e ,l " o f . 'lo ce ' v :iereA . , s l c 4l orde r , L o io" ell l'fio• 1 ,, of . 1 , 1 ,.e( •clOs . " 1 o . ;': ,Ac f;ef ..- 41 h r eov r0 : 1 1 Oil e r le r'''4" , , e ,ff 0 . 0 ;cr ,et cv( s cF , ' ric , Ar t " ,ers , ° 4 1 , 1 4 • 110111 C 4' 04 exp er. ect. s o fooo ,l be ,o r io c , r o o( 15 1 ,0 1 ' !elf „.1)il tiPl` fid o tea l is e, .IC I ooa VI)01, 0 0 Ar I 0) ( ! s ,.0 1 1, 1 0 ;# 10" tor woe o rs i; • 0 1) .11 3 1 I( c ig' l o reo • • oco l Iv or Jo , to ol laY 11 WO ,1 1 °‘ . str so f " la)". ! w e 2 jer ; rot 101 DA Jo Sir do I.t or, 4,1 Y „or, :0 3 . } ,e4, 0 41 ' 5 •;'' I'o,o 000' THE very great demand for these FLANNELS, from their peculiar.softness and riot shrinking in wash ing, has induced the Patentee to increase his Manufacture in 7-Bths, 4-4ths, and B.4ths wide. They are particularly re commended for the use of Ladies' 'Undercoats and Gentle wen's Waistcoats, being much more agreeable in the wear than any other Flannels; and , warranted not to shrink by the common mode of washing. 'They aro sold by Morrin, 174, Fenchurcb-street ; New berry and Co. 54, Fleet-street; Todd, 450, Strand; Foulkes, 2, Russell-street, Covent-garden; Morris,jloo, Oxford-street; Mann and Co. 38, Parliament-street; and by the pr incipal Drapers in Great Britain and Ir e la n d : an d wholesale by the Patentee, John S. Rogers, Chester; or his Agents, Donald son, Slee, and Maysten, No. 46, Friday.-street, London. 4FSSgNCE of SHRIMPS, a new an d su p er i or SAUCE for FISH, equal in strength to Essence of Anchovies, but far excelling it in flavour, and has the ad vantage of not turning rancid. The immense demand for it is a convincing proof of the estimation it is hold in by those who have tried it. The Proprietors flatter themselves, that wherever it is once used, it will obtain a pre-eminence ever all other Sauces for Fish. Made ky C. Di n wore and Son ; and sold by T. Powell and Son 1, Holborn-hill, Corner of Hatton-garden. The Public are respectfully requested to observe, that each bottle has the signature of C. Dininore and Son; none other is ge nuine; this caution is necessary, as there is a spurious arti cle now on sale. r 0 COUNTERACT the many attempts that JL are daily made to impose on the unwary a spurious composition instead of the Genuine Blacking, prepared by DAY and MARTIN, they have adopted a new label, in which their address, 97, HO) Holborn, is so conspicuously placed in the centre, that they trust an attention to this, and the difference of the type, which is unlike all letter-press, will enable purchasers at once to detect the imposition. The Real Japan BLACKING, made and sold Wholesale by DAY and MARTIN, 97, High Holborn, and retailed by the principal Grocers, Druggists, Booksellers, Ironmongers, Per fumers, Boot-makers, &c. in the United Kingdom, in Bottles at 6d. Is. and I s. 6d. each. DR. JAMES'S POWDER AND ANALEPTIC PILLS CONTINUE to be prepared by Messrs: NEW BERY, from the only Recipes existing under Dr. James's hand, delivered by him to their Father and Grand- father, when they became, by purchase, joint Proprietors in these celebrated Medicines. Messrs.Newbery have been misrepresented as Agents only, and not Proprietors in this concern ; but their right in the Property is as legally vested in them as in any of the De scendants of Dr. James; and the genuineness of their pre paration is incontostibly proved, as well by the chemical analysis of Mr. Professor Brand and Mr. Accum, as by the continued supply required by-the first medical establishments in the kingdom. These Medicines arc sold by Messrs. Newbery, at the Ori ginal Ware,house, No. 45, St. Paul's Church-yard, London ; and 29, Dame-street, Dublin; and by their Agents, Mr. Sanger, No. 150, Oxford-street, and Messrs. Bayley and Blew, Cockspur-street. *,„ 4 Purchasers will carefully observe that the words " F. Newbury, No. 45, St. Paul's," are engraved in the stamp af fixed to every Bottle, Packet, or Box. RUPTURES SPEEDILY AND PERFECTLY CURED, WITHOUT ANY SURGICAL OPERATION. MR. DUFOUR, Surgeon t o th e "D aran i an . Dispensary for the Cure of Strictures," and Sole Pro prietor of DARAN'S MEDICATED BOUGIES, having, during a course of upwards of 45 .years of extensive practice in cases of Stricture, observed numberless distressing instances of Rupture, has ardently applied himself to discover a Remedy for so prevalent a Malady, and which he has happily accom plished, being mild, safe, radical and effectual, occasioning no pain or inconvenience to, or in Ay way restraining the ordinary habits of, the patient ; and also, very shortly, entirely precluding the necessity of the use of any Truss or Bandage whatever. Applications to be made at No.4ii, Berner's-street, Oxford street, where the most satisfactory References of Cure can be given.. Hours•fif Attendance from Ten till Four; and from Seven till Nine in the Evening. N.B. Mr. Dufour keeps a regular Assortment of Trusses for Sale, which he fits on with peculiar care, as it is material to the Patient to have a well-adapted Truss. KEARSLErS WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS. AMEDICINE which h as stoo d t h e test for a long series of years, and is well known for its peculiar efficacy in removing the Green Sickness, and other Obstruc tions attendant on the female Sex. The cases, proving that the afflicted, who have hitherto resorted to the use of it, litre uniformly been relieved in the most sovereign manner, are voluminous, and pecified in the bills of directions. To guard the public against imposition, the name of C. Kearsley is engraved on the stamp, by the special permission of the Commissioners of Stamps, without which they are not warranted to be genuine. Prepared by Mrs. Kearsley alone, from the Original and Genuine Recipe, and sold wholesale -and - retail by Harper, Bookseller, 46, Fleet-street ; Barclay and S ons , Fl eet-market ; Newbery and Sons, St. Paul's Church•yard; Sutton and Cu. Bow Church-yard; Butler and S ons, Cb eapside ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, opposite Liond-str ee t ; Evans and Son, Long lane, Smithfield ; and Johnston e , Greek-street, Soho. Madam,--I think it my duty to return you my most humble thanks for the Pills, for never was so great a cure as I have had. hly skin was as yellow as gold ; 1 could not keep any thing ois my stomach, but was almost cloaked with, phlegm. I had not taken half a box before my appetite returned, and I was relieved from a constant pain in my side. lam now, th an k God, quite well. Your dutiful servant, ANN B ALADINE, Price 2s. 9d, per box, stamp iaeluded. MR. EDlTOR, — lndisposition has prevented my recurring earlier to the, subject of imprisonment for Debt, and the operation of the Insolvent Act and its ill effects on the community; but I em brace the earliest opportunity of a Reply to the two last Letters which have appeared in your respectable Journal on these subjects, signed " An OLD BARRISTER, and Your Cor respondent, AN OLD BARRISTER, has expressed his opinion that temporary experience has been found preferable to a permanently existing law. I an not prepared from my o•wn experience to decide on the justness of his position, but I am inclined to think that designing persons, who are aware of an existing law which will relieve them from Debts, arc less scrupulous in contracting them than they otherwise would be if such relief was only occasional and uncertain. Upon the subject of administering the law as it now stands, 1 may with snore confidence ven ture an opinion. The Learned Barrister has stated, that under thejormer mode of relief there were no Agents but Attornies, anti that there is now an assumed system of jurisprudence'raised with a distinct court—Counsel and Agents who are not Attornies. Practical men are well aware, that where Coun sel are employed, Attornies are the legitimate in struments through which the aid of Counsel is obtained, and that Agents who lawfully represent Attornies must also be admitted as such ; but the Insolvent Debtors' Agents to whom your Cor respondent alludes, are persons wholly out of the Profession, and, to say the least of them, are a very improper medium through which Counsel should he advised or receive instructions. How ever, the Agents carry on their depredations to a very considerable extent on the weak and igno rant, and if a failure of justice results in the dis cussion of any case before the Insolvent Court, it is chiefly attributable to a want of correct infor mation, candour, and veracity between the Debtor and Agent, which must be the case so long as men of such description are permitted to practice in defiance of the just pretensions of those who are legally qualified. These matters are known to be FACTS, and from the abuses which have crept into the practice of that Court, I am induced to conclude, that the admission of Agents must receive the encouragement of Counsel attendiug the Insolvent C'aurt, as the only pro►ection to au thorize their illegal conduct, and I submit that this is an unauthorized intrusion on the legitimate practice of the regular Attorney, who frequently suffers considerable disgrace by the coal-feazance of these self-constituted Agents. It is not presumed dim the Learned Commis sioner who presides in the ,Insolvent Court is aware of the artifices resorted to by these Agents, for securing to themselves a great part of that practice which properly belongs to members of the Profession—if he were, I think, he would im mediately check the current of their abuse. They are knOwn to resort continually for infor mation at the Judges' Chambers, as to the com mitment of Debtors, and even to issue process for the purpose or effecting such render. They attend the prisons de die in diem, with an importunate tender of their services to effect the release of prisoners by birch bail and stipersedeas's, which they have the effrontery to issue, though not en titled to do it ; or they invite the prisoner to oh tail) his liberation tinder tire Act, anti instruct him to prepare a garbled schedule, containing in accurate and untrue statements, which he unguard edly assents to, without looking to the penalty of perjury, or consenting to a restitution of that property which belongs to his most injured Creditors. The consequence is, the Debtor, under this advice, obtains his liberation, and discharges the illicit demands of his Agent, who then loses sight of him and all his concerns. If a Pro . fessional Man were so to misconduct himself, he would be amenable in a summary way to that Court to which he is admitted an Attorney ; but the numerous host of Agents who infest the Insolvent Court and the purlieus ofthegoals,render it most obnoxious, and instil into the minds of Debtors fraudulent ideas, which encourages con cealment of prop ert y, an d casts an odium on the wholesome provisions of Law, and the practice of the Profession. Indeed, so averse are Pro. fessional Men to intermix with these odious swarm of locusts, that any regular Practitioter who interferes on the part of the Debtor is identi fied with'the practices of the fraudulent ; and so indecent, irregular, and confused is become the purlieus of the Court, that it is said by several to represent the Pre POUDHE COURT of Bartholo mew Fair more than any other place. If the mischiefs resulting from the Act can obtain a remedy from the suggestions of your Correspond ent (an Old Barrister), adapted by Rules and Orders for the relief of Debtors, the public will have less cause of complaint from those abuses which have resulted from the operation of an Act of Parliament evidently intended to protect Com merce and Credit, and to encourage the best feelings of humanity, though its results have had a very mischievous effect upon the former. It has long been Ei complaint with the Com mercial World that the evils resulting from de ception and fraud under the present Act are nu merous and alarming, and that the facility with which Insolvents dre enabled to take the benefit of the Act is so great that their discharge is fre quently unknown to their nearest neighbours, the property of such Debtors as possess any is suffered to waste away, and the delay in distribut . SCRUTATOR. Sept. 30, 1818, Wine Office court, Fleet -street. FOR THE SUN. OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, AND THE ACT OF I'NSOLVENC Y. INTRODUCTION. I. ETTER I. I now submit to the candour of public judg ment what I have long thought a misfortune arising from expediency, respecting arrests in civil cases; but which I conceive to be within the compass of a wholesome remedy. When we consider the natural rights of indi viduals in their extensive sense, there is not a country wherein they are more regarded and pro-. tected than in England. Few and simple under the immutable laws of Nature, they are enforced by the refinements of civil institutions, under the more numerous and complicated laws of Civil Society. Natural Liberty being one of the gifts of God to man, Civil Liberty consists in his being constrained from doing what he ought not to will. Though it diminishes the one, it increases the other, and leaves him in a more secured condi tion than he would be in that barbarous freedom, which he sacrificed to obtain it. So little short of perfection is it in England, that it banishes slavery from its dominions, and makes the vassals of other countries entirely - free in its own. This elevates it in the esteem of those which, governed by the imperial laws, are subject to the arbitriurn of a Prince. Yet, beautiful and envied as our Civil and Po litical Liberties are, they are not, any more than the all vivifying aun, without a spot, and perhaps they will ever remain so, unless it be possible to go back unto first principles, and regulate the social and moral world anew. As to our Civil Liberty, it has at all times been infringed by tyrannical ; but the great Charter of our Rights, obtained by force front one Monarch, and confirmed by another, was so declaratory, that it became their foundation, which, with the superstructure of thirty-two sta tutes, from the reigns of EDWARD the First to our HENRY the Fourth, the Petition of Right in the third year of CHARLES the First, the Habeas Corpus Act in tl►e thirty-first year of his son - CHARLES the Second, the Bill of Rights, and Act of Settlement at the Revolution, have in a great measure established our liberties against the encroachment of arbitrary men. But however guarded individuals are, as poli tical subjects, and however happy they are under the dispeosation of justice as chi/ subjects, their personal liberty is open to improvement. As tbis consists in the natural power of locomotion without restraint, the great Charta expresses that no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned but by the judgment of his Peers, or the law of the land; and in almost every sense but one has this bee►i attended to. By the Act of the sixteenth year of CHARLES the First, the Habeas Corpus Act, and the Act of the first year of King Wiwast, man shall be imp: isoned on any suggestion to the Crown, but by indictment or process at common law ; and no man shall be detained in prison con trary to law, or be boom' in excessive bail for his liberation. The personal liberty, therefore, of political subjects is nearly complete, anti so highly cloth Magna Charta in this particular seem to have been venerated by our ancestors, that the per sonal liberty of civil subjects was for a time equally so, in all their affairs between man and man. The aberrations from this liberty have gra dually sapped arid undermined it, in proportion to the increase of aril and sciences, manufactures, trade, and commerce, tl►e fountain of pride, va nity, and luxury ; but nothing will justify an in. jury done to personal liberty, whether civil or political. It is putting one subject into the power of another, and ends in mischief;—of which more hereafter. AN OLD BARRISTER, of tips Inoor Temple, ~ ~: